Protective casing for tires.



W. R. GREEN. PROTECTIVE CASING FOR TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1912.

Patented July 29, 1913.

WALTER R. GREEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;

PROTECTIVE. CASING- FOR TIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed-July 5, 1912; Serial No..707,,670k

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, VVAL'I'ER R. GR EN, a.- citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of. Chicago, in the county at Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in. Protective Casings :for Tires; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, refierence' being had.

to. the accompanying drawings, and to. the

numbers 0t reference marked thereon, whichform apart of this specification.v

With the extensive introduction into use of pneumatic tires, it has been. found that the: *spare: tires carried upon automobiles. (arid thereby ordinarily subjected to, the weather whenjnot in use=) deteriorate,,as well as Warp to.ai .oon siderable: extent.

.It is object of. this invention to. provide a protective covering for suchspare tires, which will prevent the warping of the tire, as well-as protect the same from the elements.

It is an important object of this inyention to aiiord a dust and weather proof tire protecting casing, adapted to contain and support a tire casing to prevent thewarping or spreading of the. s

It is finally an object 013 this invention to provide an exceedingly strong and durable protective casing 'forpneumatic tires, cheap, to construct and maintain, and which may it is to be used. a

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the protective casing embodying. my invention showing the parts disassembled and the tire casing removed. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the device as it appears when ,assembled. Fig. 3 is -a fragmentary View of thd edge opposite that illustrated in Fig. 2. 1 Fig. 4 is an enlarged, transverse section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. i

As shown in the drawings: A sheet of relatively light, thin metal is stamped or pressed to afford a semi-circular and concave base portion 1, of the casing, and provided thereon are upwardly directed lugs 2 and 3, the conformation of all of which adapts the same to fit very closely to the casin of the tire when secured in place.

4, in icates a corresponding casing adapted to be placed on the base section 1, and provided with downwardly directed lugs 5 and :6, ada'Pted. to engage over the lugs 2 and 3 respectively on; said lowercasing.

. As shown in'Fig. 1 the upper casing 4,, may be firmlysecured tothe lower casing 1,,by means oifi the hook 7', onthe Mg 3, which may' be engaged in, the aperture 8, in the lug- 6-, and the hasp 9-,-a.dapted to be engaged' over the staple. 10, which extends Patented-July29,19t3.

through the slot-20, and locked in. place by theipadlock 11,,or any other suitable locking device. A circular plate 13,, is provided, which is ota size adapted, to fitwithin the. space afforded between thecasings 1 and- 2,,

and provided with; peripheral beads 14;,

adapted toengage oyer the edges 015 said cas- 1ngs 1 and t, to afiiorda Watertight construction, as well as prevent the relative, lateral movement of said.- casings. The tire 12-, is ordinarily first slippedv over the beads 14:, on the circular plate 131, and is in the channel afforded between said beads, by means of the clenches 15, which. bear firmly against the said plate. The tire and plate 13, are then inserted; in place in the lower casing section 1,. in such a manner that the beads 14, engage over the edges of said section. The upper casing section. 4, is then engaged in position by meansot the hook 7 hasp 9, which is engaged over the staple 10,

andthe entire device locked in position by 7 ,meansof a suitable locking device. be readily attached to the vehicle upon which As shown in Fig. 1, the lower casing section 1, has a flanged bracket 16, rigidly secured thereto by riveting or adapted to be secured to the running board of an automobile or to any other part thereof, and acting'to support the casing, which, of course, may also be otherwise secured upon the automobile.

The operation is believed to be obvious from the foregoing description. When the tire casing is inclosed within its case, it is wholly protected fronr dirt and dust, and

held in position otherwise and 4 which is engaged in the aperture 8, and the from other injurious objects to which it is otherwise likely to be exposed. The inner circular plate fits closely within the upper peripheryof the tire casing, and affords a support therefor in. part from the top, so that the weight of the tire casing is distributed in such a manner as to prevent the deformation of the tire when the tire is not in use.

Ofcourse, details of the construction and application may be varied without-depart- .ing from the principles of this invention,

andl therefore do not purpose--limiting the patent granted Inpon this application, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim, as my invention:

1. A device of the class described embrac ing an i'nner and outer member, said outer member comprising a pluralityv of interlocking sections having straight parallel sides thereon, and beads on said inner member adapted to be engaged against the sides of said outer member to afford a dust proof contact between the two members.

2. A device of the class described embracing a semi-circular and concave base section, concave lugs thereon, a hook on one of said lugs, a staple secured to said section slightly below another lug, a semi-circular and con cave top section, an apertured and a slotted concave lug thereon corresponding with the lugs on the base section and'adapted to fit over the same and by their engagement with said staple and hook respectively to prevent vertical as well as lateral displacement of the top section, a circular plate adapted to receive a tire thereon and distribute the weight of the same over a'wide area on the lower section, and peripheral beads thereon adapted-to bear against the sides of said concave sections to afford a weather proof construction. I

8. A device of the class described embracing a semi-circular and concave base section, concave lugs thereon, a hook on one of said lugs, a staple secured to said section slightly below another -lug, a semi-circular and concave top section, and apertured and slotted concave lugs thereon corresponding with the lugs on the base section and adapted to I fit over the same and by their engagement with said staple and hook respectively to prevent vertical as well as lateral displacement of the top section. v v

4:. A device of the class described embracing a semi-circular and concave base section, a semi-circular and concave top section, in-

terfitting lugs on said base and top sections adapted to prevent vertical as well as lateral displacement of the top section, a circular plate adapted to receive a tire thereon and distribute the weight over a wide area on the lower'section, and peripheral beads adapted to bear against the sides of said concave sections to afford a weather proof construction.

5. A device of the class described embrac- 1 ing a concave base sect-ion, concavev lugs thereon, a hook on one of said lugs, a staple secured to said section slightly below anv other lug, a concave top section, lugs thereseal the same from the elements, and prevent relative lateral movement of sand sections.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto v -subscribedmy name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER R. GREEN.

Witnesses: I

' CHARLES W. HILLS, Jr., GEORGE R. MooRE. 

